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    Naivelydreams
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    Naivelydreams
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    Complete, First published Aug 09, 2015
    Jessica Grayson has struggled with body dysmorphia and bullying for most of her life. And when she believes she has finally turned things around for herself, she is betrayed and made fun of by her boyfriend and close friends, which sends her into a downward spiral. 
        
        When senior year begins, all she wants is to not attract attention to herself, and blend quietly into the background. She plans to keep to herself and avoid any sort of drama. But her plan goes down the drain when she runs into a handsome but troubled boy who has his own twisted agenda.
        
        Now that they have crossed paths, their worlds will never be the same.
        
        ©️ All Rights Reserved
        
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        Most Impressive Rankings
        
        #2 in Love on 19/06/2021 (out of 2.22M stories)
        #4 in Romance on 19/06/2021 (out of 1.14M stories)
        #3 in Heartbreak on 14/03/2022 (out of 167k stories)
        #3 in Youngadult on 19/06/2021 (out of 83.4k stories)
        #2 in Hot on 07/07/2021 (out of 75.8k stories)
        #1 in Lies on 19/05/2022 (out of 55 5k stories)
        #1 in Possessive on 19/06/2021 (out of 38.1k stories 
        #1 in Jealousy on 7/12/2019 (out of 25.7k stories)
        #1 in Tattoos on 22/03/2020 (out of 6.36k stories)
        #1 in YA on 22/06/2021 (out of 11.3k stories)
        #1 in destruction on 25/06/2021 (out of 6.44k stories)
        
        ***
        
        ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING ⚠️ This story contains vulgar language, bullying, slightly mature content, talks of suicide, SA, body shaming and substance abuse. Reader discretion is advised.
    All Rights Reserved
    • badboy
    • bullying
    • destruction
    • fakedating
    • firstlove
    • friendship
    • grumpysunshine
    • heartbreak
    • highschool
    • hot
    • jealousy
    • lies
    • love
    • possessive
    • relationship
    • romance
    • secrets
    • streetracing
    • tattoos
    • teenfiction
    • teens
    • trauma
    • ya
    • youngadult
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    Table of contents
    • Author's Note
      Fri, Apr 17, 2020
    • Prologue
      Tue, May 12, 2020
    • Chapter One
      Tue, Oct 29, 2019
    • Chapter Two
      Sun, Sep 20, 2020
    • Chapter Three
      Tue, Oct 29, 2019
    • Chapter Four
      Tue, Oct 29, 2019
    • Chapter Five
      Wed, Oct 30, 2019
    • Chapter Six
      Wed, Oct 30, 2019
    • Chapter Seven
      Fri, Nov 1, 2019
    • Chapter Eight
      Tue, Nov 5, 2019
    • Chapter Nine
      Wed, Nov 6, 2019
    • Chapter Ten
      Thu, Nov 7, 2019
    • Chapter Eleven
      Fri, Nov 8, 2019
    • Chapter Twelve
      Mon, Nov 11, 2019
    • Chapter Thirteen
      Thu, Nov 14, 2019
    • Chapter Fourteen
      Fri, Nov 15, 2019
    • Chapter Fifteen
      Mon, Nov 18, 2019
    • Chapter Sixteen
      Wed, Nov 20, 2019
    • Chapter Seventeen
      Tue, Nov 26, 2019
    • Chapter Eighteen
      Thu, Nov 28, 2019
    • Chapter Nineteen
      Mon, Dec 2, 2019
    • Chapter Twenty
      Thu, Dec 5, 2019
    • Chapter Twenty-one
      Mon, Dec 9, 2019
    • Chapter Twenty-two
      Thu, Dec 12, 2019
    • Chapter Twenty-three
      Mon, Dec 16, 2019
    • Chapter Twenty-four
      Fri, Dec 20, 2019
    • Chapter Twenty-five
      Wed, Jan 1, 2020
    • Chapter Twenty-six
      Fri, Jan 3, 2020
    • Chapter Twenty-seven
      Sat, Jan 11, 2020
    • Chapter Twenty-eight
      Fri, Jan 17, 2020
    • Chapter Twenty-nine
      Fri, Jan 24, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty
      Tue, Jan 28, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty-one
      Mon, Feb 3, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty-two
      Thu, Feb 6, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty-three
      Fri, Feb 14, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty-four
      Fri, Feb 14, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty-five
      Thu, Feb 20, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty-six
      Fri, Feb 28, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty-seven
      Fri, Feb 28, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty-eight
      Sun, Mar 8, 2020
    • Chapter Thirty-nine
      Fri, Mar 13, 2020
    • Chapter Forty
      Fri, Mar 13, 2020
    • Chapter Forty-one
      Thu, Mar 19, 2020
    • Chapter Forty-two
      Thu, Mar 19, 2020
    • Chapter Forty-three
      Wed, Mar 25, 2020
    • Chapter Forty-four
      Sat, Mar 28, 2020
    • Chapter Forty-five
      Fri, Apr 3, 2020
    • Chapter Forty-six
      Fri, Apr 10, 2020
    • Chapter Forty-seven
      Mon, Apr 13, 2020
    • Chapter Forty-eight
      Fri, Apr 17, 2020
    • Chapter Forty-nine
      Fri, Apr 24, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty
      Tue, Apr 28, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty-one
      Mon, May 4, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty-two
      Tue, May 12, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty-three
      Tue, May 19, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty-four
      Sun, Jun 7, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty-five
      Fri, Jul 31, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty-six
      Fri, Aug 7, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty-seven
      Fri, Aug 14, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty-eight
      Fri, Aug 21, 2020
    • Chapter Fifty-nine
      Fri, Aug 28, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty
      Fri, Sep 4, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty-one
      Tue, Sep 8, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty-two
      Sat, Sep 12, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty-three
      Thu, Sep 17, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty-four
      Sat, Sep 26, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty-five
      Sat, Oct 3, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty-six
      Fri, Oct 9, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty-seven
      Fri, Oct 23, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty-eight
      Fri, Nov 6, 2020
    • Chapter Sixty-nine
      Fri, Feb 19, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy
      Tue, Feb 23, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy-one
      Sun, Feb 28, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy-two
      Fri, Mar 5, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy-three
      Fri, Mar 12, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy-four
      Fri, Mar 19, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy-five
      Fri, Mar 26, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy-six
      Fri, Apr 2, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy-seven
      Fri, Apr 9, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy-eight
      Sat, Apr 24, 2021
    • Chapter Seventy-nine
      Sat, Apr 24, 2021
    • Chapter Eighty
      Fri, May 21, 2021
    • Chapter Eighty-one
      Wed, Jun 2, 2021
    • Chapter Eighty-two
      Thu, Jun 3, 2021
    • Chapter Eighty-three
      Fri, Jun 4, 2021
    • Sequel
      Tue, Jun 8, 2021
    • Other Works
      Wed, Jun 9, 2021

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    Jessica Grayson has struggled with body dysmorphia and bullying for most of her life. And when she believes she has finally turned things around for herself, she is betrayed and made fun of by her boyfriend and close friends, which sends her into a downward spiral. 
        
        When senior year begins, all she wants is to not attract attention to herself, and blend quietly into the background. She plans to keep to herself and avoid any sort of drama. But her plan goes down the drain when she runs into a handsome but troubled boy who has his own twisted agenda.
        
        Now that they have crossed paths, their worlds will never be the same.
        
        ©️ All Rights Reserved
        
        ●●●
        
        Most Impressive Rankings
        
        #2 in Love on 19/06/2021 (out of 2.22M stories)
        #4 in Romance on 19/06/2021 (out of 1.14M stories)
        #3 in Heartbreak on 14/03/2022 (out of 167k stories)
        #3 in Youngadult on 19/06/2021 (out of 83.4k stories)
        #2 in Hot on 07/07/2021 (out of 75.8k stories)
        #1 in Lies on 19/05/2022 (out of 55 5k stories)
        #1 in Possessive on 19/06/2021 (out of 38.1k stories 
        #1 in Jealousy on 7/12/2019 (out of 25.7k stories)
        #1 in Tattoos on 22/03/2020 (out of 6.36k stories)
        #1 in YA on 22/06/2021 (out of 11.3k stories)
        #1 in destruction on 25/06/2021 (out of 6.44k stories)
        
        ***
        
        ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING ⚠️ This story contains vulgar language, bullying, slightly mature content, talks of suicide, SA, body shaming and substance abuse. Reader discretion is advised.

    87 parts

    • Chapter Eighty-three
      Fri, Jun 4, 2021
    • Sequel
      Tue, Jun 8, 2021
    • Other Works
      Wed, Jun 9, 2021
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